1999–2000 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

1999–2000 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Big 12 Regular Season Champions
Big 12 Tournament Champions
Elite Eight vs. Michigan State, L, 64–75
Conference Big 12
Ranking
Coaches #3
AP #6
1999–2000 record 32–5 (14–2 Big 12)
Head coach Larry Eustachy
Assistant coach Terry Carroll
Assistant coach Leonard Perry
Assistant coach Randy Brown
Home arena James H. Hilton Coliseum
Seasons
« 1998–99 2000–01 »

The 1999–2000 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University in the 1999–2000 college basketball season. The team was led by second-year head coach Larry Eustachy. In 1998–99, the Cyclones finished 15–15 (6–10 in the Big 12 Conference). The captains were Stevie Johnson and Michael Nurse.

Contents

Pre-season

The preseason Big 12 Conference Coaches' Poll picked the Cyclones to finish sixth. The preseason Big 12 Conference media poll picked the Cyclones to finish seventh.[1] Marcus Fizer was name a Preseason Top 50 Player by Wooden Award Committee.[2] Marcus Fizer was also selected to Preseason All-Big 12 First Team.[1] Coming into the season Iowa State returned four starters Fizer, Johnson, Nurse, and Rancik. The only starter not to return was Rodney Hampton who was dismissed from the team for violating team rules.[3] Assistant coach Steve Barnes also left to take a job at San Jose State.[4]

Regular season

From November 26 – November 28 the Cyclones participated in the Big Island Invitational at Hilo Hawai'i. From December 3 – December 4 the Cyclones hosted the Norwest Cyclone Challenge. From December 21 – December 22 the Cyclones hosted the The Tribune Holiday Classic. On December 12, 2000 Iowa State was ranked T-47th in the AP Top 25 poll with 1 point.[5] On January 9, 2000 Iowa State was ranked 30th in the AP Top 25 poll with 26 points.[6] On January 16, 2000 Iowa State received 6 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked T-39th.[7] They also were ranked 29th in the AP Top 25 poll with 56 points.[8] On January 23, 2000 Iowa State received 20 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 29th.[9] They also were ranked 28th in the AP Top 25 poll with 49 points.[10] On January 30, 2000 Iowa State received 76 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 24th.[11] They also were ranked 20th in the AP Top 25 poll with 331 points.[12] On February 6, 2000 Iowa State received 115 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 21st.[13] They also were ranked 17th in the AP Top 25 poll with 519 points.[14] On February 13, 2000 Iowa State received 277 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 17th.[15] They also were ranked 14th in the AP Top 25 poll with 811 points.[16] On February 20, 2000 Iowa State received 229 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 18th.[17] They also were ranked 17th in the AP Top 25 poll with 662 points.[18] On February 27, 2000 Iowa State received 353 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 14th.[19] They also were ranked 10th in the AP Top 25 poll with 1,045 points.[20] The time of the March 4, 2000 Baylor game was changed from 7:00 p.m. CST to 6:00 p.m. CST.[21] On March 4, 2000 Iowa State clinched their first conference title since 1945 with a 75–54 win over Baylor.[22] On March 5, 2000 Iowa State received 478 points in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 9th.[23] They also were ranked 7th in the AP Top 25 poll with 1,272 points.[24] On March 12, 2000 Iowa State was ranked 6th in the AP Top 25 poll with 1,441 points.[25]

Post-season

Jamaal Tinsley and Marcus Fizer were each named to the Midwest Region All-Tournament team. Head coach Larry Eustachy was also named the Big 12 Coach of the Year and the AP National Coach of the Year. Eustachy also received the Henry Iba Award. Marcus Fizer was named an All-American. Fizer and Tinsley were also named to the Big 12 First Team. Fizer and Tinsley also won the Ralph A. Olsen Award. On March 13, 2000 Iowa State announced that head coach Larry Eustachy had signed a 10-year contract extension.[26] On March 30, 2000 Jamaal Tinsley announced he had elected to stay at Iowa State for his senior season.[27] On March 31, 2000 Larry Eustachy was voted the AP National Coach of the Year.[28] On April 4, 2000 Iowa State received 657 points in the final USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll which had them ranked 3rd.[29] On April 13, 2000 Larry Eustachy and Marcus Fizer announced that Fizer would forgo his senior season and has signed with an agent.[30]

Roster[31]

# Name Height Weight Position Year Hometown
00 Evans, Richard 6′-5″ 190 Forward Junior Dallas, Texas
3 Bradon, Nicol 6′-1″ 175 Guard Freshman Graettinger, Iowa
4 Horton, Kantrail 6′-1″ 225 Guard Junior Covington, Georgia
5 Fizer, Marcus 6′-8″ 265 Forward Junior Arcadia, Louisiana
11 Tinsley, Jamaal 6′-3″ 175 Guard Junior Brooklyn, New York
12 Brandon Hawkins 6′-3″ 185 Guard Freshman Fontana, California
15 Martin Rancik 6′-8″ 230 Forward Junior Bratislava, Slovakia
21 Watkins, Thomas 6′-2″ 220 Guard Junior Phoenix, Arizona
23 Johnson, Stevie 6′-4″ 225 Forward Senior Beaumont, Mississippi
33 Varley, Clint 6′-4″ 210 Forward Freshman Menlo, Iowa
34 Brumm, Kyle 6′-1″ 185 Guard Freshman Crown Point, Indiana
40 Davis, Brad 6′-0″ 180 Guard Freshman Knoxville, Iowa
45 Shirley, Paul 6′-9″ 230 Forward Junior Meriden, Kansas
50 Zeige, Mark 6′-8″ 220 Center Freshman Grand Rapids, Minnesota
53 Nurse, Michael 6′-1″ 175 Guard Senior Teaneck, New Jersey

Big 12 Conference standings[32]

# Team Conference Pct. Overall Pct.
1 Iowa State
14–2
.875
32–5
.865
2 Texas
13–3
.813
24–9
.727
3 Oklahoma
12–4
.750
27–7
.794
4 Oklahoma State
12–4
.750
27–7
.794
5 Kansas
11–5
.688
24–10
.706
6 Missouri
10–6
.625
18–13
.581
7 Colorado
7–9
.438
18–14
.563
8 Nebraska
4–12
.250
11–19
.367
9 Baylor
4–12
.250
14–15
.483
10 Texas A&M
4–12
.250
8–20
.286
11 Texas Tech
3–13
.188
12–16
.429
12 Kansas State
2–14
.125
9–19
.321

Awards

Big 12 Player of the Year Award
Marcus Fizer (Junior, Forward)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Award
Jamaal Tinsley (Junior, Guard)
Big 12 Coach of the Year Award
Larry Eustachy
All-Big 12 Teams
Marcus Fizer (Junior, Forward), First Team
Jamaal Tinsley (Junior, Guard), Second Team
Michael Nurse (Senior, Guard), Honorable Mention
Academic All-Big 12 Teams
Paul Shirley (Junior, Forward), First Team
Big 12 Player of the Week
Marcus Fizer (Junior, Forward), December 7
Marcus Fizer (Junior, Forward), February 14
Marcus Fizer (Junior, Forward), February 28
Marcus Fizer (Junior, Forward), March 5
Big 12 Rookie of the Week
Jamaal Tinsley (Junior, Guard), January 10
Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team
Marcus Fizer, (Junior, Forward) as Most Outstanding Player
Jamaal Tinsley, (Junior, Guard)
Stevie Johnson, (Senior, Forward)
NCAA Midwest Region All-Tournament Team
Marcus Fizer, (Junior, Forward)
Jamaal Tinsley, (Junior, Guard)
NABC Pete Newell Big Man Award
Marcus Fizer, (Junior, Forward)
USBWA Coach of the Year
Larry Eustachy
Associated Press Coach of the Year
Larry Eustachy
Consensus All-American
Marcus Fizer, (Junior, Forward), First Team
Ralph A. Olsen Award
Marcus Fizer, (Junior, Forward) and Jamaal Tinsley, (Junior, Guard)

Statistics

Player stats[33]

Note: GP= Games played; MPG= Minutes per Game; SPG= Steals per Game; RPG = Rebounds per Game; APG. = Assists per Game; BPG = Blocks per Game; PPG = Points per Game

Player GP MPG SPG RPG APG BPG PPG
Kyle Brumm 6 2.1 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brad Davis 10 2.9 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.8
Richard Evans 27 6.4 0.1 2.1 0.2 0.0 2.0
Marcus Fizer 37 33.6 0.8 7.7 1.1 1.1 22.8
Justin Fries 8 2.5 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.9
Brandon Hawkins 37 12.7 0.5 2.2 0.8 0.0 3.2
Kantrail Horton 35 34.8 0.9 4.1 2.6 0.1 8.7
Stevie Johnson 35 25.3 1.0 6.1 1.2 0.3 9.1
Brandon Nicol 8 2.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.6
Michael Nurse 37 35.3 1.0 2.7 2.2 0.1 12.5
Martin Rancik 22 15.0 0.5 3.8 0.4 0.5 5.5
Paul Shirley 29 17.6 0.3 4.4 0.5 0.3 7.7
Jamaal Tinsley 37 32.8 2.6 5.1 6.6 1.0 11.0
Clint Varley 10 2.1 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.6
Thomas Watkins 7 3.7 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 2.6

Schedule

Big 12 Conference Standing: 1st
Date Opponent* Rank* Location Time# Result Overall Conference
Exhibition Game
November 10, 1999 Global Sports Ames, IA 7:00 p.m. W 87–76 1–0 0–0
Regular Season Games
November 15, 1999 Simon Fraser Ames, IA 7:00 p.m. W 79–54 1–0 0–0
November 19, 1999 Drake Des Moines, IA 7:05 p.m. L 44–48 1–1 0–0
November 26, 1999 Hawaii-Hilo Hilo, HI 11:30 p.m. W 108–72 2–1 0–0
November 27, 1999 Arkansas Hilo, HI 9:00 p.m. W 77–71 3–1 0–0
November 28, 1999 #1 Cincinnati Hilo, HI 8:00 p.m. L 60–75 3–2 0–0
December 3, 1999 Mississippi Valley State Ames, IA 8:00 p.m. W 106–64 4–2 0–0
December 4, 1999 Sam Houston State Ames, IA 8:00 p.m. W 84–69 5–2 0–0
December 8, 1999 Wisconsin–Milwaukee Ames, IA 7:00 p.m. W 78–64 6–2 0–0
December 11, 1999 Iowa Ames, IA 8:00 p.m. W 79–66 7–2 0–0
December 19, 1999 Northern Iowa Ames, IA 6:00 p.m. W 73–41 8–2 0–0
December 21, 1999 Idaho State Ames, IA 8:00 p.m. W 89–49 9–2 0–0
December 22, 1999 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Ames, IA 8:00 p.m. W 86–64 10–2 0–0
December 28, 1999 Maryland-Eastern Shore Ames, IA 7:00 p.m. W 81–52 11–2 0–0
January 2, 2000 Arkansas State Ames, IA 6:00 p.m. W 84–53 12–2 0–0
January 8, 2000 Missouri Ames, IA 4:00 p.m. W 86–81 13–2 1–0
January 12, 2000 Nebraska Lincoln, NE 7:05 p.m. W 66–65 14–2 2–0
January 16, 2000 Colorado Ames, IA 1:00 p.m. W 86–72 15–2 3–0
January 19, 2000 Kansas State Manhattan, KS 8:00 p.m. W 72–61 16–2 4–0
January 22, 2000 #17 Oklahoma Norman, OK 3:00 p.m. L 75–80 16–3 4–1
January 26, 2000 Texas A&M Ames, IA 7:00 p.m. W 65–58 17–3 5–1
January 29, 2000 #12 Kansas Ames, IA 3:00 p.m. W 74–66 18–3 6–1
February 2, 2000 Kansas State #20 Ames, IA 7:00 p.m. W 85–67 19–3 7–1
February 9, 2000 Missouri #17 Columbia, MO 7:00 p.m. W 72–62 20–3 8–1
February 12, 2000 Nebraska #17 Ames, IA 7:00 p.m. W 87–65 21–3 9–1
February 16, 2000 #24 Kansas #14 Lawrence, KS 8:00 p.m. W 64–62 22–3 10–1
February 19, 2000 Colorado #14 Boulder, CO 3:00 p.m. L 90–102 22–4 10–2
February 24, 2000 #14 Texas #17 Ames, IA 7:00 p.m. W 89–77 23–4 11–2
February 26, 2000 #10 Oklahoma State #17 Ames, IA 3:00 p.m. W 72–61 24–4 12–2
March 1, 2000 Texas Tech #10 Lubbock, TX 7:00 p.m. W 87–79 25–4 13–2
March 4, 2000 Baylor #10 Waco, TX 6:00 p.m. W 75–54 26–4 14–2
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 10, 2000 Baylor #7 Kansas City, MO 12:00 p.m. W 76–64 27–4 14–2
March 11, 2000 #13 Oklahoma State #7 Kansas City, MO 1:00 p.m. W 68–64 28–4 14–2
March 12, 2000 #21 Oklahoma #7 Kansas City, MO 12:00 p.m. W 70–58 29–4 14–2
NCAA Tournament
March 16, 2000 Central Connecticut State #6 Minneapolis, MN 1:55 p.m. W 88–78 30–4 14–2
March 18, 2000 #24 Auburn #6 Minneapolis, MN 4:38 p.m. W 79–60 31–4 14–2
March 23, 2000 UCLA #6 Auburn Hills, MI 8:55 p.m. W 80–56 32–4 14–2
March 25, 2000 #2 Michigan State #6 Auburn Hills, MI 6:00 p.m. L 64–75 32–5 14–2
*Rank according to ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. #All times are in CST. Conference games in BOLD.

External links

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